Federal regulators accept preliminary permit for underwater data center off Eastport

Feds Advance Underwater AI Center Off Maine Coast

The Maine Monitor reports: A controversial underwater artificial intelligence data center proposed in the Bay of Fundy, near Kendall Head off the northern coast of Eastport, took a major step forward in the permitting process this week. On Wednesday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accepted DeepGreen Western Passage SPV’s filing for a preliminary permit to build a $100 million underwater data center, with a footprint of 27 acres in the …

Federal regulators accept preliminary permit for underwater data center off Eastport

A public hearing is scheduled for Monday on two citizen-initiated ordinances that would ban large-scale data center projects.